Section F, G and H

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"Section F, G and H"

Talent supposes general
strength of intellect, with a peculiar aptitude for being molded and
directed to specific employments and valuable ends and purposes.
Genius is connected more or less with the exercise of
imagination, and reaches its ends by a kind of intuitive power.
Talent depends more on high mental training, and a perfect
command of all the faculties, memory, judgment, sagacity, etc. Hence
we speak of a genius for poetry, painting. etc., and a
talent for business or diplomacy. Among English orators, Lord
Chatham was distinguished for his genius; William Pitt for his
preëminent talents, and especially his unrivaled
talent for debate.

||Genius loci (&?;) [L.], the genius or
presiding divinity of a place; hence, the pervading spirit of a place
or institution, as of a college, etc.

Gen`o*ese" (?), a. Of or
pertaining to Genoa, a city of Italy. -- n. sing. &
pl. A native or inhabitant of Genoa; collectively, the
people of Genoa.

||Ge*nouil`lère" (?), n.
[F.]

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Notes and Queries, Number 01, November 3, 1849 (page 6) First and Last Things (page 31) Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing (page 293)

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